William C. Mehl

February 28, 1996|The Morning Call

William C. Mehl, 67, of Chalfont, formerly of Willow Grove and Abington, died Monday in North Penn Hospital, Lansdale. He was the husband of Julia D. (Stellander) Mehl. They were married 45 years in September.

He was a night manager for Landis Supermarket, Telford, until retiring in 1993. Before that he worked for the former C.D. Moyer Meat Packing Co., Silverdale, until it closed in the late 1960s, and as a manger for Acme supermarkets, Warminster and Hatboro, for more than 25 years.

Born in Willow Grove, he was a son of the late Charles and Louisa (Dorzenbach) Mehl.

He was a deacon, treasurer of the missions committee and a Sunday school teacher of Hilltown Baptist Church, Hilltown.

He was a Navy veteran of World War II.

Survivors: Wife; daughters, Kathryn L., wife of John Ord, and Sandra E., wife of Todd Rabenold, both of Quakertown, Julia A., wife of Greg Tamaki of Lansdale, and Jeanne L. of Line Lexington, Bucks County; sons, William J. of Harleysville, Steven C. of Shinglehouse, Potter County, Karl T. and Mark, both of Quakertown, David J. of Kezer Falls, Maine, and Matthew A. of East Greenville; sisters, Mildred Newberry of Willow Grove, Dolores, wife of Edward Spradling of Dallas, Texas, Dorothea, wife of Roy Douglas Sr. of Warminster, Bucks County, and 26 grandchildren.